‘Manhattan Projects’ preview art by Houston’s Nick Pitarra

When I first met Houston cartoonist Nick Pitarra I was already a fan of his from his work on The Red Wing, a quiet but quality miniseries about time-hopping fighter pilots, written by Fantastic Four scribe Jonathan Hickman. Pitarra mentioned re-teaming with Hickman for a science fiction tale about the Manhattan Project. I couldn’t wait to see their spec-fic vision of what birthed the Atomic Age.

That wait is almost over. Manhattan Projects No. 1 finally hits March 7. And judging by the preview art Image sent my way, Hickman couldn’t have picked a better penciller for this new tale.

Manhattan Projects is a new Image miniseries that twists the research and development behind the first atomic bomb as a pretense for some really dark and strange programs. And as he did in Red Wing, Pitarra again delivers simple but detailed line work in lockstep with early Frank Quitely and even earlier Moebius in Heavy Metal.

Check out some of Pitarra’s pages in the slideshow below and in high-res below that.

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'Manhattan Projects' preview art by Houston's Nick Pitarra

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